en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/27/26.md

Then he set Barabbas free for them

Possible meanings are 1) Pilate set Barabbas free because the crowd had asked him to or 2) Pilate released Barabbas and put him under the control of the crowd.

he scourged Jesus and handed him over to be crucified

It is implied that Pilate ordered his soldiers to scourge Jesus. Handing Jesus over to be crucified is a metaphor for ordering his soldiers to crucify Jesus. Alternate translation: "he ordered his soldiers to scourge Jesus and to crucify him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor )

scourged Jesus

"beat Jesus with a whip" or "whipped Jesus"